The "slow-boil" approach to this fifth (2009 release) instalment in what would become a span of nine stories spanning production dates from 2005 to 2015 (eight on CBS, the final on Hallmark).
Several storylines are interwoven, with a link back to Boston. Jesse works through the evidence and the distractions, keeping the Town Council updated despite their small-,minded approach.
Creative use of a chainsaw is interwoven with a very sensitive investigation into an out-of-state child abduction (the forlorn mother is played with pitch-perfect glumness, but remining faith, by Camryn Mannheim). The ultimate fate of the child is played beautifully by all the cast members.
Apparently this is the first film that was not based upon the original author's novels - you would not know.
The approach of shipping out an episode at roughly yearly intervals (then catching up on them all, late in 2023) gives a chance to see the characters (ensemble) developing along with Sellick's inevitable move through middle age.
Enjoyable and well worth a couple of hours.
Several storylines are interwoven, with a link back to Boston. Jesse works through the evidence and the distractions, keeping the Town Council updated despite their small-,minded approach.
Creative use of a chainsaw is interwoven with a very sensitive investigation into an out-of-state child abduction (the forlorn mother is played with pitch-perfect glumness, but remining faith, by Camryn Mannheim). The ultimate fate of the child is played beautifully by all the cast members.
Apparently this is the first film that was not based upon the original author's novels - you would not know.
The approach of shipping out an episode at roughly yearly intervals (then catching up on them all, late in 2023) gives a chance to see the characters (ensemble) developing along with Sellick's inevitable move through middle age.
Enjoyable and well worth a couple of hours.